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the web, they can call us from their smart phone, they can text us, it's just user friendly. >> reporter: taximagic software can help take the load off a cab company's dispatch system. >> if you can see on the phone where the cab is on it's way to pick you up, you're less likely to call the operator and say, "dude, where's my car?" >> reporter: taximagic began with a business plan to integrate taxi charges into expense account software. but when it launched the taximagic smart phone app, things really took off. the service is now available in 30 metro areas, including san francisco, chicago and los angeles. >> i don't think we would be here if there wasn't such a thing as the iphone. our business was nice of the blackberry and nice on the web, but when the iphone came out was when everything went crazy. >> reporter: and just as everything was getting going, the financial crisis hit. but with backing from expense account software firm concur and other investors, taximagic weathered the storm. >> it was super tough. we had our second round of investment lined up over the summer of '08, and
the web, they can call us from their smart phone, they can text us, it's just user friendly. >> reporter: taximagic software can help take the load off a cab company's dispatch system. >> if you can see on the phone where the cab is on it's way to pick you up, you're less likely to call the operator and say, "dude, where's my car?" >> reporter: taximagic began with a business plan to integrate taxi charges into expense account software. but when it launched the...
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they don't take care of us. so we better feed ourselves. now through porous borders and the defectors from north korea, maybe up to 20,000 in south koreas, basically north koreans are learning that they have to change. >> warner: a lot to walk. thank you both. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> ifill: again, the other major developments of the day. home prices rose again in july, thanks in part to a federal tax credit for home buyers. but consumer confidence was down this month to the lowest point since february. and former president jimmy carter was taken to a cleveland hospital after he got sick on a flight from atlanta. a grandson said he had a "stomach bug." and to hari sreenivasan, in our newsroom, for what's on the newshour online. hari? >> sreenivasan: if you're weighing whether to rent or buy a home, we rounded up online calculators to help you sort through the pros and cons. that's on the rundown. judy woodruff talks to the co- author of a new book that looks at the "up" side of earmarks. are they good for u.s. democracy? >> brown: and
they don't take care of us. so we better feed ourselves. now through porous borders and the defectors from north korea, maybe up to 20,000 in south koreas, basically north koreans are learning that they have to change. >> warner: a lot to walk. thank you both. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> ifill: again, the other major developments of the day. home prices rose again in july, thanks in part to a federal tax credit for home buyers. but consumer confidence was down this...
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police used to stop this kind of thing. now they let it happen. >> it signals there will be a very stable transition. and in north korea. it will take longer than one or three years. >> there is one other important player behind the scenes today, and that is china. china may be worried that north korea will inflow of with incalculable consequences for the in -- will in flowed with incalculable consequences for the entire region so, it is that closed mysterious country across the river -- it could mean that changes on the way for the family business. >> john since then, our world affairs editor there. at least seven people are confirmed killed. the rain collapsed a hillside, burying people in their homes as they slept. rescue workers have been struggling to reach the scene. 30 died in a mudslide in colombia. emergency services say the scale of the slide has made it rescue difficult across the country. 74 died in recent heavy rains. an egyptian court has reduced the sentence on a billionaire accused of killing a lebanese pers
police used to stop this kind of thing. now they let it happen. >> it signals there will be a very stable transition. and in north korea. it will take longer than one or three years. >> there is one other important player behind the scenes today, and that is china. china may be worried that north korea will inflow of with incalculable consequences for the in -- will in flowed with incalculable consequences for the entire region so, it is that closed mysterious country across the...
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thanks for having us. captioning sponsored by rose communications captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org words alone aren't enough. our job is to listen and find ways to help workers who lost their jobs to the spill. i'm iris cross. we'll keep restoring the jobs, tourist beaches, and businesses impacted by the spill. we've paid over $400 million in claims and set up a $20 billion independently-run claims fund. i was born in new orleans. my family still lives here. i'm gonna be here until we make this right.
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tim wilcox is there for us. a bit of good news. civil proceedings are about to kick off. >> criminal proceedings have already started, actually, against the mine owners here. but what we are hearing is that tomorrows civil proceedings will start. i have just been speaking to the mayor of calvera, 30 kilometers away from here. four makers have gotten together to represent 27 of the families here. they are going to demand at least $1 million for each family for the suffering they have had whilst being underground. i said to her $1 million -- is that enough? she said that is the absolute minimum, but they wanted to start the process now. the complication is that the company that owns the san jose mine is going to be fighting for bankruptcy for this particular mine. how that affects any compensation and nebraska settled litigation is unclear. -- and any civil litigation is unclear. plan b, the rig and drill in the middle of the picture, reached 300 meters. that is symbolic. it is not even halfway down. but things are really motoring. w
tim wilcox is there for us. a bit of good news. civil proceedings are about to kick off. >> criminal proceedings have already started, actually, against the mine owners here. but what we are hearing is that tomorrows civil proceedings will start. i have just been speaking to the mayor of calvera, 30 kilometers away from here. four makers have gotten together to represent 27 of the families here. they are going to demand at least $1 million for each family for the suffering they have had...
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midnight in moscow i matras are good to have you with us here on r t our top story angry protests are raging across europe with thousands gathering to speak out against their governments in a number of crisis hit nations they're frustrated by a string of cuts to jobs wages and pensions trade unions say they're being ignored by their governments who they claim are more interested in helping banks laura emmett brings us the latest update on the situation across the continent. we've seen mainly peaceful protests but some small eruptions of violence brussels for us the unions have announced that it was indeed the biggest march that brussels has seen since two thousand and one they say that one hundred thousand people have come from all over europe arriving on trains planes automobiles germany poland and british groups unions took part in that march the police barricaded banks and shops in preparation for the march and they all say through a ring of steel right around the headquarters of. the parliament commission story there was some minor scuffles.
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news around the clock from around the world good to have you with us here on our teeth. our top story people in countries across europe are protesting in anger at a swath of cuts to jobs wages and pensions there's a general strike in spain while tens of thousands are gathered in brussels to voice their opposition to the austerity measures that have gripped the e.u. laura emmet has more. this is the biggest march since two thousand and one when eighty thousand people gathered or at least they hope it will be if they reach the one hundred thousand mark and it's particularly ironic and apparently coincidental that it is timed as the e.u. commission meet to discuss whether they're going to punish countries that have run up huge debts countries like what we're now calling the pigs portugal italy arland greece and spain so now they have to borrow the money then they have to save it up and repay those loans the way that they are proposing to do that is by hitting really according to trade unions hitting the common man they want to cut pay.
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i want to thank my guests in today in seoul beijing exit or and thanks to our viewers for watching us here r.t. see you next time and remember cross talk will. more news today violence is once again flared up. saying these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. china operations are only day. soon which brightened. about song from the sun still fresh in the sun. starts on t.v. don't come. this is also you coming to one of her middle school which from the. russian president of fun has moskos my your initial call to make and to have the right upset eighteen sometimes controversial gaz as the boss of the biggest six. whole months of the time to turkish aid for taylor killing nine guns a bomb and bustle carry international jewish on exhibit has been still stuck abundant in its mission by israeli warships. also russia puts its vision on the future of the shanghai expo twenty turns where the country's much of exhibition of it has opened visited by the president to be chairman of it along with chinese vice president xi jinping the man took to the next and. the no
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join us for technology update on our g. wealthy british science. market finance scandal. find out what's really happening to the global economy with my next concert for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into kinds a report. see . well america rostock i'm peter all about tree mind you were talking about the prospects for north korea. soon. but before let's see what russians think about its nuclear program. a first in three decades north korea is the ruling communist party the workers' party of korea needs to discuss the transition of power analysts expect few changes in pyongyang's foreign policies but focus will surely be on the state's nuclear ambition the russian public opinion research center also citizens if north korea's possession of nuclear weapons would pose a threat to russia's national interests forty seven percent of russians believe it would to six percent disagree the workers' party congress is widely seen the first public steps in leadership change as it was in nineteen eighteen when came jong il made his political dispute. ok now
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i want to thank my guests in today in seoul beijing exit or and thanks to our viewers for watching us here r.t. see you next time and remember of crosstalk will. russia. which brighton if you knew about someone from funds to. meet friends starts on t.v. . over one hundred thousand people have participated in a wave of strikes across europe national governments propose impose austerity measures to pay off massive tax somewhere now by big. depots to. push each he was planning to challenge she's so i can get bored at the same time you do the school promises to stay in politics. and also it's a long awaited stability or yet another band of violence look at what they are coming presidential elections in kurdistan made brain following months of clashes and political turmoil. hello and welcome to see twenty four hour news live from moscow i need you to tell main story it's been a day of angry protests across europe with over one hundred thousand running against government policy the number of crisis hit countries demonstrators expressed fury over cuts to jobs wages and pensions trade unions
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want to thank my guests in today in seoul beijing an exit or and thanks to our viewers for watching us here r.t. see you next time and remember crosstalk will. be. wealthy british style. markets why not scandal. find out what's really happening to the global economy in the kinds of reports on. it. and. all. the sack mayor of moscow was reportedly planning to stay on the political scene after other russian president said he lost trust in him. massive protests in europe start in spades tens of thousands throughout the continent get set to march against their government susteren measures. and curious tamper paris to elect a new parliament after a violent clashes wreaked havoc in the central asian republics will look at one political chances one politician chances to bring the country back from the brink. airfoil plans to quadruple as passenger flow and revenues in fifteen years its strategy is very similar to what germany has. details in our business program. you're watching live from moscow with me marina joshie now the mayor of moscow has reportedly insisted he will not retire and wants
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the seven thank you so much for joining us. north korea remains one of the few mysteries today everything is known information about everything can be found easily but north korea maintains that shroud of secrecy while. you were there it happened so that for centuries korea was detached from the rest of the outside world this has to do with the fact that back in the middle ages that frequently suffered from invasions by the mumbles and japanese this convinced the ruling class that the country would live better if it reduced its contacts with the surrounding countries to a minimum but today in the twenty first century when the economic ties down the world do you think that this policy of isolation will help north korea progress economically yeah there has been much talk in the west about north korea opening up with some of its integration into the world community not up with you with whoever a real policy that's very often at all sorts of statements some sort of rest area broke out in the media recently around the fact of the sw
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. >> stay with us if you cannot on bbc world news. still to come -- a fifth of the world's plant species are now in danger of disappearing forever. first, she is said to be one of the most photographed people on our planet. a new exhibition of formal photographs document the life of britain's queen elizabeth in pictures. many were taken by her late sister's husband, the photographer lord snowden. >> on her right, mr. anthony armstrong jones. >> he was a society photographer who took pictures of the royals and then became one. tony armstrong jones's wedding to princess margaret was the society event of 1960. although he was not a member of the royal family, lord snowden continued to work as a professional photographer. alongside his documentary work, he was often called on to photograph the queen. many of his photographs have been included in a new exhibition, but the graphic portraits of the queen. here is an image of the monarch and her husband in the kind of formal pose you might expect, and the queen caught by a range of photograph
. >> stay with us if you cannot on bbc world news. still to come -- a fifth of the world's plant species are now in danger of disappearing forever. first, she is said to be one of the most photographed people on our planet. a new exhibition of formal photographs document the life of britain's queen elizabeth in pictures. many were taken by her late sister's husband, the photographer lord snowden. >> on her right, mr. anthony armstrong jones. >> he was a society photographer...
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thanks for having us. captioning sponsored by rose communications captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org words alone aren't enough. our job is to listen and find ways to help workers who lost their jobs to the spill. i'm iris cross. we'll keep restoring the jobs, tourist beaches, and businesses impacted by the spill. we've paid over $400 million in claims and set up a $20 billion independently-run claims fund. i was born in new orleans. my family still lives here. i'm gonna be here until we make this right. o, committed to providing customers for over 70 years. more information on auto servinsurance at geico.comnce or 1-800-947-auto any time of the day or night. howard bryant: this was the strike where i think people had had enough. george will: this was the face that baseball needed. mike barnicle: there's always a surprise in baseball.
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police used to stop this kind of thing. now they let it happen. >> the way north korea operates, there will be a stable transition and will take a longer period of time rather than 1 or 2 years. >> there's o one immensly play. china. they want north korea to reform itself but they don't think that the military are capable of doing that. >> so in that closed mysterious country, the emergence of the dear leader, could mean change is on its way for the family business. >> a great editor kim jong-ils son is in power. >> it's still a crime to discuss the family in public. yet here we are in the space of two days. this unknown political novice is given the rank of a 4-star general will and told elected to two very senior workers party positions. it's confirmation. it will certain be seen that he's his father's closen successor. >> but we still don't know much about him. >> north korean's will know nothing. he's thought to have spent a number of years in an international school in switzerland. that will make him a more internation
police used to stop this kind of thing. now they let it happen. >> the way north korea operates, there will be a stable transition and will take a longer period of time rather than 1 or 2 years. >> there's o one immensly play. china. they want north korea to reform itself but they don't think that the military are capable of doing that. >> so in that closed mysterious country, the emergence of the dear leader, could mean change is on its way for the family business. >> a...
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thank you for joining us. north korea has named kim jong il's third son, kim jong un, vice chairman of the central military committee of the workers' party. now, this is a key post. tell us a little bit behind this. >> it seems that kim jong il hurried the transfer of power because of his poor health. actually, he has been -- it's reported he has been suffering from a stroke which hit him two years ago. kim jong il took over the power from kim il song more than 20 years. during the intervening years he strengthened his grip on the workers' party and pardoned his rivals. however, kim jong un suddenly appeared in public way four-star general and vice chairman of the central military committee. kim jong il and his family act as guardians for kim jong un because he has no military experience and is still in his late 20s. but the transfer of power will not be smooth. north korea postponed the party conference, originally it was set on september 7th, so there is a speculation of dissatisfaction among some party memb
thank you for joining us. north korea has named kim jong il's third son, kim jong un, vice chairman of the central military committee of the workers' party. now, this is a key post. tell us a little bit behind this. >> it seems that kim jong il hurried the transfer of power because of his poor health. actually, he has been -- it's reported he has been suffering from a stroke which hit him two years ago. kim jong il took over the power from kim il song more than 20 years. during the...
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thanks very much for joining us. >>> in other news the governor of okinawa says he'll call for a review of a u.s./japan agreement to relocate an american military base within his prefecture. he wants futenma air station to be moved out of okinawa entirely. he spoke on tuesday at an assembly in okinawa. as it stands the futenma base is supposed to be moved to nago. the governor pointed out he has repeatedly said the u.s./japan agreement is very regrettable and that it would be very hard to accept the current relocation plan. >> opposition to the futenma relocation is getting stronger in okinawa. after an assembly election in nago city the majority of seats went to candidates who are against the base move. >>> researchers say classic smoking claims the lives of 6800 people every year in japan. a team at the national cancer center announced their findings at a symposium on second-hand smoke held in tokyo on tuesday. the team analyzed data on nonsmokers who had died from lung cancer or cardiac infarction. the nonsmokers
thanks very much for joining us. >>> in other news the governor of okinawa says he'll call for a review of a u.s./japan agreement to relocate an american military base within his prefecture. he wants futenma air station to be moved out of okinawa entirely. he spoke on tuesday at an assembly in okinawa. as it stands the futenma base is supposed to be moved to nago. the governor pointed out he has repeatedly said the u.s./japan agreement is very regrettable and that it would be very hard...
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if a pew survey out today is correct, heaven help us. here's chief national correspondent byron pitts. >> reporter: for the overwhelming majority of americans, religion is a central part of life. we wake up and watch it. >> this is my bible. >> reporter: pay tribute to it. lord knows we argue over it. but how much do americans really know about religion? >> we're a nation of religious illiterates. >> reporter: stephen prothero is a professor of religion at boston university. >> we have a lot of people who love jesus but don't know much about him. we have a lot of people who believe and hope that the bible is the word of god but they don't really bother to read it. >> reporter: and it shows. on average, americans correctly answered 16 of 32 religious knowledge survey questions. >> the three groups that come out on top in this survey are atheists and agnostics, jews along with mormons. >> reporter: at the bottom? >> mainline protestants, catholics and those who describe their religion as just nothing in particular. >> reporter: here's some
if a pew survey out today is correct, heaven help us. here's chief national correspondent byron pitts. >> reporter: for the overwhelming majority of americans, religion is a central part of life. we wake up and watch it. >> this is my bible. >> reporter: pay tribute to it. lord knows we argue over it. but how much do americans really know about religion? >> we're a nation of religious illiterates. >> reporter: stephen prothero is a professor of religion at boston...
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he's getting used to them. and i think also maybe he's watching the stakeout because last week we were raising the question has the president lost his mojo. last night i think he was sending a signal maybe to critics that he's still got the mojo and can get momentum going in november getting 26,000 at this rally in madison mostly college students and trying to show, look, they are being up front about saying they are trying to rally a young democrat in particular. they're worried there are a lot of young people who turned out maybe for the first time in 2008, supported president obama then but frankly don't care about the midterm elections and don't see a lot at stakes for them. he's trying to lay that case out for them. maybe that will give democrats some momentum but it's hard to see whether it will matter in the races like in wisconsin where despite the president getting a big crowd are the same people going to show up for russ feingold westbound the democratic senator facing a challenge from robinson down s
he's getting used to them. and i think also maybe he's watching the stakeout because last week we were raising the question has the president lost his mojo. last night i think he was sending a signal maybe to critics that he's still got the mojo and can get momentum going in november getting 26,000 at this rally in madison mostly college students and trying to show, look, they are being up front about saying they are trying to rally a young democrat in particular. they're worried there are a...